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Materials Science and Technology Volume 32, 2016 - Issue 4: Wear Resistant Steel/Microstructure Development
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Thematic Issue on Wear Resistant Steels

Microstructural aspects of wear behaviour of TiC coated low alloy steel

A. N. Md IdrissAdvance Materials and Surface Engineering Research Unit, Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering, International Islamic University of Malaysia, P.O. Box 10, 50728Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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M. A. MalequeAdvance Materials and Surface Engineering Research Unit, Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering, International Islamic University of Malaysia, P.O. Box 10, 50728Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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I. I. YaacobAdvance Materials and Surface Engineering Research Unit, Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering, International Islamic University of Malaysia, P.O. Box 10, 50728Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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R. M. NasirUSM School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Seri Ampangan, 14300 Nibong Tebal Seberang Perai Selatan, Penang, Malaysia
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S. MridhaDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde, James Weir Building, GlasgowG1 1XJ, UK
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T. N. BakerDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde, James Weir Building, GlasgowG1 1XJ, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 303-307 | Received 30 Oct 2015, Accepted 26 Dec 2015, Published online: 10 Mar 2016
 
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Abstract

A comparison of the room temperature wear behaviour of untreated low alloy steel surfaces with those containing TiC powders was conducted against an alumina ball. The coefficient of friction, the wear rate and the severity of the damage on the surface were assessed. Incorporation of powders produced a hardness 2.6 times greater and a wear rate 21 times less than the untreated steel. Friction from the third body abrasion and protruding carbides of the processed steel resulted in mild wear with a steady state coefficient friction of 0.4. Both samples showed surface chemical reactivity with the environment as a result of the generation of flash temperature producing an oxide layer, which influenced wear.

Acknowledgement

Special thanks to the Research Management Center (RMC) of International Islamic University of Malaysia who has funded this research project under Research Matching Grant RMGS 12-007-0020.

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